you may need to sit down

Last we left... Justin was taking his ASVAB, and I had a new job...

UPDATES:
Justin:
The test went REALLY well... his goal was an 80 and he actually made a 79!! We were both soooo thrilled. And I am so proud of him! Prayers answered definitely, thanks to all who helped out (don't quit yet;))
Now for the not so great part of the visit to Montgomery. He found out that the CG is closed for the fiscal year! (Which is starting over October 1.) Since SK1 (his recruiter whose real name is Barry...SK1 is his CG title and what we call him) is in California for Chief Academy, this news was broken to him by a new guy named Smiley... So Justin had to call SK1 Thursday night to ask what this meant for the future. The next stop now is for him to delay enlist, hopefully in August, and according to SK1, be on the first group out of Birmingham in October.
What does that mean exactly? Well boot camp is 8 weeks and if he picks a job that is being placed as soon as boot camp is over then he'd be placed around a week after graduation.
That's about as much news as there is on the subject for the time being....

Leslie:
Ok so... on to the part where you may need to sit down. I was hired on at said company on a "trial basis" for 90 days to see how I would work out, how I was in the job, how well I meshed with the other employees etc. so what had happened was... I was discussing all of the above mentioned info. with Kim and Jamie in my car on the phone. I had the window cracked in the parking lot at work finishing my convo with one of them, thought nothing of it... until....
I went inside and my supervisor cornered me asking about the CG and moving and October... (the girl who I was replacing overheard and told her!!!) I proceeded to tell the lady that I have no concrete plans as of yet, and that I do not plan on being in the job for over 1-2 years because I want to go back into teaching (which I discussed in the interview.) So long story short... they cut me a check for $200 for two days work and thanked me for my time but told me they felt like I had been dishonest with them and mislead them, ("who's to say I wouldn't do the same if it came to a work related issue?!") and that they would be going another direction!
Friday at 3:00 I was home and changing clothes to go back to Wings... Burn Party CANCELLED :(


During all that mess... I forgot Falon's Birthday! CAUSE I WAS UBER SELF CENTERED this week with too much going on. but I am making it up to her with lunch on Wednesday :)


SATURDAY:
After that crazy week... and working Friday night I woke up at 5:40 to go with Kelli at 6:45 to Sloss Furnace for the RumpShaker 5k. She ran I watched from the sidelines. I was quite impressed... she finished in 31 minutes! There were TONS of people there, I'm talkin' the Start line was packed like sardines! But it thinned out and the man who came in first did so in 14.5-15 minutes...pushing a STROLLER!

We left the 5k Kelli and I hauled it to Opening Day at Pelham Park for all of the little league teams. The Opportunity League was out in full force and cute as can be. Kelli had the news out there covering the event it was a huge success! The kids and parents were so grateful to have the chance to be out there and their team pictures were soooo cute.

I left to come home at about 2:30 and Justin had to be at work at 3:00... at 2:55 I get a phone call...
Justin: "Are my keys still in your car?"
Me: "Seriously?!!!...Probably..."
...so just so you know this is not the first time I have gotten all the way to Helena with his keys still in my possession. Justin has a pocket complex, hates to feel like they are weighted down with too much stuff. Any time we get in the car he puts the keys in the console and... well that's where they stay. Bless him :) I told him that since I was going out to celebrate with Kelli and Daniel later to just have one of the roommates drop him at work and we would bring the car to him on our way out.

Taking his car to Wings was a TRIP! Friday morning his driver's side window shattered so there was a plastic bag and tape on his window, which I could BARELY see out of. I got in to drive and tried to pull up the seat but it wouldn't move any closer, so I had to sit on the edge using the steering wheel not only to steer but also to keep me close to the pedals. Realizing that I would not be able to see from the left I had to lean forward to look at the left oncoming traffic at each intersection before I stopped then hurry as I turned as I chanted "please no cars, please no cars, please no cars." BUT the BEST part... the "window" wasn't completely securely fastened so it flapped in the wind even at the 20-50 mph I was going the 5 miles to Wings. My hand to the sky it sounded like a war zone in that car... so here I am in the middle of open fire, fighting gravity sliding out of my pants, so half my butt was exposed... my only thought to make it better was to put my hand on the plastic to make it a little tighter so that it had a bit more tension... no such luck! By the time I got to Wings, literally a 5 minute trip, my heart was beating out of my chest... I got out of the car, locked the door, looked at Daniel and Kelli and said... it's officially time for a drink! We went to Bellini's and handled it... poor car, it's getting fixed on Wednesday.